Product designer Merel Karhof draws inspiration from every day observations and inspections of her surroundings. She curiously unfolds the overlooked and creates designs that tell their very own unique stories. For her most recent project, Windworks, she’s designing upholstered furniture in collaboration with three historical windmills in the Netherlands
As far as it is possible to be from the dull, clinical lines and monochrome palette of most of today’s mass-produced design, furniture maker Allan Lake takes a decidedly wild approach
‘For us, sustainability seems too general a term. We want to focus the entire product life into a perpetual 360 degree process,’ says Riz Smith, founder and creative mind behind Riz Board Shorts. He talks to Sublime about the gentleman surfer and responsible fashion
Desinature reflects the green ethos through materials and shapes, both inspired by nature. Sublime talks to the label’s creative mind, Etienne Esmenjaud
James and mate-turned-business-partner Ian run a bamboo bicycle-building workshop in East London. From everything James says and does it’s clear that for him, this is more for pleasure than business
Watch any blockbuster movie set in the future and you will no doubt see some kind of flying contraption making a bizarre whirring sound, doors coming out at every angle possible and a driver’s seat resembling the cockpit of a Boeing 747 with flashing lights and buttons galore
It’s easy to see why residents of Highgate, North London so often pop into 20th Century Quarters to see Rob, owner and manager of the café-come-antique furniture shop, just for a chat. Friendly, relaxed and passionate about his small business, Robert Moir clearly has no problem making conversation with strangers
Natural cosmetics manufacturer Weleda not only ranges organic beauty and health products but their newly launched body lotion line has recently won an award for its eco-friendly packaging
